Proverbs 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Education, position, status, wealth, and even the ability to write out the Scriptures, is no guarantee that one would not be affected. Kings have been shown to be weak on this point, and Bible prophets have succumbed to it, presidents are not immune, and preachers, priests, and laity have capitulated on this issue. Some persons believe that merely getting married will solve the problem.
But history has shown that marriage, in and of itself might not be sufficient to cure the problem, for many of the characters in the Bible who fell on the point of lust, were married. Again, persons, who might otherwise have seemed to be the untouchables, have also been shown to be vulnerable on this point. Thus, it requires an intense struggle, and a well-directed effort to overcome lust permanently, to the point where it does not faze us anymore.
In the process of overcoming, some folk will come face to face with unprovoked temptations, while others would have to fast and pray long, and hard, and some may even have to grit their teeth to resist this internal, and external foe, of which the internal one is the most dangerous.
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!